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The Citizen, 1990-09-19, Page 3Arena bd. asks for loan for tractor purchase The municipalities supporting the Blyth and District Community Centre have been asked to loan the Centre’s board the money to pur­ chase a new tractor for ice clean­ ing. Blyth Village Council Wednes­ day night approved a loan for its 31 per cent share of the estimated $20,000 cost. Councillor Dave Lee, one of the Blyth representatives on the board, said the arena board had felt the least expensive way to finance the purchase was to get a loan from the municipalities. The board hopes to get donations from groups to help pay for the tractor, he said. Two of the four other municipalities had approved loans for their share as of last week’s council meeting. The old tractor was so trouble­ some that something had to be done, Councillor Lee said. “Last year we paid as much for repairs as we could have bought a tractor,” he said. Meanwhile Councillor Lee offered to loan a tractor to the arena until a new tractor can be bought. He said that the arena board had looked at a reconditioned Zamboni- type ice cleaner at about the same cost as the tractor but couldn’t get assurances from the company re­ presentative that it would be able to fit into the tighter corners in the Blyth arena. WI tours historic house On Sept. 6, 12 Blyth Women’s Institute members and two guests enjoyed a delicious roast beef dinner at the Walton Inn. A short meeting followed. A carload will attend St. Helens 85th Anniversary October 1, 1990. 4H Projects for this fall are Leadership and Our Heritage. Margaret Cronyn, Blyth 4H mem­ ber was awarded W.I. Scholarship. Jean Nethery and Lenora David­ son are to attend rally in Belgrave October 1 also London area 76th Annual Convention in Exeter on ^Legion Week Sept. 16-22 This week September 16 to Sep­ tember 22 the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 420, Blyth and the Legion Ladies Auxiliary are cele­ brating Legion Week along with other branches across Canada. Both the Branch and the Auxi­ liary have been serving veterans and their families and the commun­ ity for over 40 years. Each year money is donated from each group to the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movement, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Track Field, Children’s Hospital and Parkwood Hospital in London, Wingham and District Hospital, Clinton and District Hospital, Dis­ trict and Community Living Asso­ ciation, Salvation Army, Canadian Cancer Society, Meals On Wheels, Canadian Police Association, Blyth Union Cemetery, Bursary and Awards for schools, Family Ser- October 11. Members then motored to tour the Van Egmond House Museum in Egmondville. This home dates back to the 19th century and has been carefully restored and furnished with antiques representative of the period prior to Confederation. Jean Nethery and Ella Carter - Tweeds- muir History convenors favoured with Ella’s humorous readings and Jean followed with a history of local doctors in Blyth in the early years. A very enjoyable time was had by all. and THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990. PAGE 3. THE OOPS! Blyth People Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boyce of Bayfield visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Daer recently. Blyth euchre club is starting cards again on Sept. 24 in Memor­ ial Hall at 8 o’clock. Blyth Swinging Seniors will start a new season in Memorial Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 26 with a pot luck dinner at 12 noon followed by a meeting and program. There are no stairs to climb so come and join with the group for a social after­ noon. All seniors are welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson, Kari and Kurt of London and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Timpany of Aylmer visited with their parents and attended the funeral of their grand­ mother Charlotte Cook on Friday. vices and the Rutabaga Festival, held earlier this year. Card parties have been held for the public every two weeks in the Legion Hall this summer and fall with the next party to be held on September 22 at 8 p.m. Please feel welcome to attend this event. The most recent project the Legion is participating in is to have handicap washroom facilities to be installed upstairs at the Blyth and District Community Centre. Councillors praise Thresher organization Continued from page 1 but promised to get back to the group before its directors meeting with an answer about the availabil­ ity of additional grant money. Councillors were high in their praise of the group’s work in this year’s event. “Everything was so well organized,” Councillor Steven Sparling enthused. Mr. Craig said that by next year the only cars parking on the grounds will be those carrying handicapped people. Other cars will be parked at outlying lots with people shuttled to the site on buses. What has been the western boundary road may also become a centre road as the events move westward in the grounds, Mr. Craig said. He told council that the gate at this year’s event wasn’t up a great deal but overall the growth was about five to 10 per cent. Treebelt VILLAGEOFBLYTH PROCLAMATION IS here / I, Albert A. Wasson, Reeve of the Village of Blyth do hereby proclaim the week of September 16th to September 23rd as Legion Week. Watch for ads Albert A. Wasson, Reeve. We have been informing our readers that we would be expected to collect the new G.S.T. effective Oct. 1/90. This information provided to us by the Ontario Community Newspaper Association has proved to be incorrect. No G.S.T. will be charged on subscriptions ’til Jan. 1,1991. Our Apology. 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